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Mastering PHP Design Patterns

By : Junade Ali
Book Image

Mastering PHP Design Patterns

By: Junade Ali

Overview of this book

Design patterns are a clever way to solve common architectural issues that arise during software development. With an increase in demand for enhanced programming techniques and the versatile nature of PHP, a deep understanding of PHP design patterns is critical to achieve efficiency while coding. This comprehensive guide will show you how to achieve better organization structure over your code through learning common methodologies to solve architectural problems. You’ll also learn about the new functionalities that PHP 7 has to offer. Starting with a brief introduction to design patterns, you quickly dive deep into the three main architectural patterns: Creational, Behavioral, and Structural popularly known as the Gang of Four patterns. Over the course of the book, you will get a deep understanding of object creation mechanisms, advanced techniques that address issues concerned with linking objects together, and improved methods to access your code. You will also learn about Anti-Patterns and the best methodologies to adopt when building a PHP 7 application. With a concluding chapter on best practices, this book is a complete guide that will equip you to utilize design patterns in PHP 7 to achieve maximum productivity, ensuring an enhanced software development experience.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Mastering PHP Design Patterns
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Wrong rocky foundations


The SensioLabs Insight tool was used to evaluate technical debt within various projects, and they evaluated and published the responses. SensioLabs responded on their blog saying that the results didn't account for project age or project size, but nevertheless it does show the technical debt you're up against in using some frameworks as foundations:

Don't get me wrong: WordPress is a great CMS; yes, it has some quirks in the core and comes from the days before OOP, but it's a great blogging platform. You ordinarily shouldn't be fiddling with it's core code, so you don't need to worry about it. By no means should you write your own blogging platform or CMS, but at the same time, WordPress isn't the right problem for building a marketing asset system or an insurance quote generator (yes, both are real projects I have been asked to do in WordPress initially).

In short: use the best foundations for your task.